I think the best thing you can do is get in touch with a good support group, share the experience of others, read more about it to empower...

Question

It has knocked me for six and I feel that I can't go on and do not feel like a real woman.

We have had the go-ahead, but I can't see the light at the end of the tunnel.

Answer

This news can be quite devastating. It's hard to disengage the feelings of self-worth from such basic human functions as reproduction.

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The feelings you are having are very common.

However, the diagnosis need not necessarily be as terrible as it sounds at the moment.

I think the best thing you can do is get in touch with a good support group, share the experience of others, read more about it to empower yourself to be able to make choices about treatments and so on.

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